a work in progress—they reflect our efforts to date defining ocean literacy.

Scope and Sequence

To facilitate teaching and learning the Ocean Literacy Principles by high school graduation, the ocean sciences education community developed a scope and sequence to show how the principles could be taught at various grade bands. The Ocean Literacy Scope and Sequence is comprised of 28 conceptual flow diagrams, one for each grade band (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) for each principle. These diagrams show, graphically:

the science concepts underlying the principles and how they are connected;

developmental appropriateness—what students need to know to help them understand the higher level concepts; and

how instruction of the concepts might “flow.”

Together these documents form the Ocean Literacy Framework. The Framework is a resource for educators and scientists with a “roadmap” that helps them build coherent and conceptually sound learning experiences for students from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Both of these documents are also available in print and download forms.